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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-04-25 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING ., OF THE EULESS CITY COUNCIL APRIL 25, 1995 CALL TO ORDER A regular meeting of the Euless City Council was called to order by Mayor Mary Lib Saleh at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 1995, in the downstairs Administration Building Conference Room. Those present included Mayor Mary Lib Saleh, Mayor Pro Tern Bobby Baker and Council Members Frank Douglass, Todd Smith, Charles Miller, Glenn Walker and Henry Boatright. Precouncil discussion was held on agenda items and other scheduled items. A closed session was held to discuss land acquisition as authorized by Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF SCHEDULED ITEMS - COUNCIL CHAMBERS The Euless City Council continued their meeting in the Council Chambers at 7:00 p.m. for the consideration of the scheduled items. Staff Members Present Torn Hart, City Manager; Paul Wieneskie, City Attorney; Susan Crim, City Secretary; Joe Hennig, Assistant City Manager; Lee Koontz, Fire Chief; Gary McKamie, Police Chief; Tom Cox, Director of Administrative Services/Economic Development; Rick Herold, Director of Community Services; Randy Byers, Director of Development and Public Works; Paul Kruckemeyer, City Engineer; Rod Tyler, City Planner; Betty Yarbrough, Library Manager; Police Captain Harland Westmoreland; Clyde Cullum, Reserve Police Officer; Cathy DiMaggio, Deputy City Secretary Visitors Leon Hogg, Chairperson, Parks and Leisure Services Board; Billy Owens, Carl Tyson and George Zahn, Planning and Zoning Commission; Wes Scott and Betty Fuller, Library Board; and other visitors as noted on the Visitor's Register. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Pro Tern Bobby Baker led the Pledge of Allegiance. INVOCATION Council Member Glenn Walker gave the invocation. COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 25, 1995 PAGE 2 NORTHEAST TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (NETS) (This item was carried over from the Precouncil Agenda.) Ms. Lauralee Harris and Danny Scarth, Northeast Transportation Service (NETS), addressed Council and requested an increase in membership rate from $.35 per city resident to $.50. No action was taken. Ms. Harris indicated that, if approved, the increase should be adequate for the next three to five years. Council Member Smith asked that efforts be made to publicize the availability of NETS to our residents, including an article in the Mayor's Newsletter and perhaps a water bill stuffer. ITEM NO. 1: AWARD OF BID NO. 95-04 - LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT Council Member Miller moved to award Bid No. 95-04 for the construction of the new library to Buford Thompson Company, General Contractors, P.O. Box 150449, Arlington, Texas 76015, in the amount of $3,933,300, including bid alternates, with a completion time of 360 days. Council Member Boatright seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 2: APPROVAL OF SITE PLAN #95-04-SP Randy Byers, Director of Public Works and Development, presented a request of Tony Rader, W.F.C. Construction, Inc. for approval of Site Plan 95-04-SP for construction of a warehouse and offices on Lot 5R, Block A, Baccarac Industrial Park. Mr. Tony Rader, general contractor for the project, addressed Council regarding the proposed site plan. Mr. Barry Whitmore, owner of the property, expressed concerns about the process for site plan approval. Mr. Whitmore stated that he had followed all the guidelines set forth by staff, but was requested to change the placement of the building on the site even though the city had no written requirements for him to do so. Council Member Smith asked Mr. Whitmore and Mr. Rader to put their concerns with these procedures in writing so that Council can review them. Council Member Douglass moved to approve Site Plan #95-04-SP, as requested by Tony Rader, W.F.C. Constructors, Inc., for the construction of a warehouse and offices on the northeast corner of Baccarac Court and West Euless Boulevard as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mayor Pro Tern Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 25, 1995 PAGE 3 N.. Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 3: APPROVAL OF FIRST AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 1174 Council Member Walker moved to approve the first and final reading of Ordinance No. 1174, vacating a 15-foot access easement in Lots 4R and 5R, Block A, Baccarac Industrial Park Addition. Council Member Boatright seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 4: RATIFICATION OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 94-21-SUP Council Member Miller moved to ratify Specific Use Permit No. 94-21-SUP for single-family dwellings on private streets within an R-4 zoning district, Block 4, Lakewood Addition, with the following stipulations: 1) the proposed public park be amended to a lot designated as a private park with access agreement subject to a perpetual maintenance agreement, including a 20' easement along a proposed hike/bike trail. 2) drainage channel be designed subject to the City Engineer's approval. 3) developer will be required to clear the underbrush in the channel in the existing 100-year flood plain. Council Member Walker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. Mr. Sandlin agreed to include a clarification of the 20' easement in the Homeowner's Association Bylaws and in the perpetual maintenance agreement. (NOTE: Specific Use Permit No. 94-21-SUP was approved by City Council on February 14, 1995, subject to seven conditions.) COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 25, 1995 PAGE 4 ITEM NO. 5: APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 95-889 Council Member Walker moved to approve Resolution No. 95-889, authorizing participation by the City of Euless at the 100% level in Reinvestment Zone Number One. Council Member Miller seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tem Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 6: APPROVAL OF A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EULESS AND TARRANT COUNTY Council Member Walker moved to approve a Tax Increment Financing Agreement between the City of Euless and Tarrant County for Reinvestment Zone Number One. Mayor Pro Tem Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 7: APPROVAL OF A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EULESS AND TARRANT JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT Council Member Walker moved to approve a Tax Increment Financing Agreement between the City of Euless and Tarrant County Junior College for Reinvestment Zone Number One. Mayor Pro Tem Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 25, 1995 PAGE 5 'tor ITEM NO. 8: APPROVAL OF A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EULESS AND TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT Council Member Walker moved to approve a Tax Increment Financing Agreement between the City of Euless and Tarrant County Hospital District for Reinvestment Zone Number One. Mayor Pro Tern Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 9: APPROVAL OF A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EULESS AND THE HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Council Member Walker moved to approve a Tax Increment Financing Agreement between the City of Euless and the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District for Reinvestment Zone Number One. Mayor Pro Tern Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tem Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 10: APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EULESS AND THE HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING CONTINGENCIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN TAX INCREMENT FINANCING IN REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE Council Member Walker moved to approve an agreement between the City of Euless and the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District regarding contingencies for participation in the Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Number One. Mayor Pro Tem Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 25, 1995 PAGE 6 slaw ITEM NO. 11: AWARD OF BID NO. 95-02 Council Member Walker moved to award Bid No. 95-02 to R & R Uniform for police uniforms in an estimated amount of $15,000. Mayor Pro Tern Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tem Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 12: APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 95-890 Council Member Walker moved to approve Resolution No. 95-890, authorizing participation in the State of Texas Alternate Fuels Program for fiscal year 1995. Mayor Pro Tern Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 13: APPROVAL OF FIRST AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 1175 Council Member Walker moved to approve the first and final reading of Ordinance No. 1175, changing the boundary of the City of Euless along the south line of the Morrisdale Subdivision, by adopting an agreement establishing a common boundary line between the City of Hurst and the City of Euless. Mayor Pro Tern Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tem Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. New COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 25, 1995 PAGE 7 ITEM NO. 14: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 11, 1995 Council Member Walker moved to approve the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 11, 1995, as presented. Mayor Pro Tern Baker seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Miller, Walker and Boatright, Mayor Pro Tern Baker and Mayor Saleh Nays: None Mayor Saleh declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 15: REPORTS a) City Manager City Manager Torn Hart reported that the City of Fort Worth joined with Euless in its efforts to change legislation regarding school districts and tax increment financing. b) City Attorney - City Attorney Paul Wieneskie had nothing to report. c) Staff There was no staff report given. d) City Council Council Member Boatright thanked the Council and staff for their support while he was in the hospital. Council Member Miller hoped for good weather for the upcoming Arbor Daze festival. Mayor Pro Tern Baker thanked the Library Building Committee for their outstanding work on the project and noted that the city made a tremendous stride in awarding the construction contract. He stated it was fortunate to have come in under bid. Council Member Smith expressed excitement about the mall project and noted that this is the biggest single opportunity for the Hurst-Euless-Bedford area from an economic standpoint. Mr. Smith stated that the HEB Hall of Fame has named Humin "Hoots" Smith, the retiring Athletic Director of Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, as its first honoree. Mayor Saleh reminded everyone to vote in the May 6 election and announced the candidates as follows: Place 1, Carl Tyson, Larry Barthel and Leon Hogg; Place 3, Bobby Baker. Wes Scott, COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 25, 1995 PAGE 8 Library Chairperson, is a candidate for the HEB-ISD School Board. Mayor Saleh reported that TU Electric has made the Fuller House one of their community projects and would be insulating the house as well as making other improvements. Mayor Saleh commented that this was the last full meeting for Council Member Douglass who previously announced he would not be seeking reelection. Mr. Douglass has served continuously from 1989 to present and previously from 1964 to 1972, with four of those as Mayor Pro Tem. Council Member Douglass congratulated Diana Ortiz on her recent appointment as Director of Finance. Mr. Douglass reported that he and Mr. Ray Saleh participated in a mock congress the past weekend hosted by Congressmen Joe Barton and Pete Geren. He stated he will miss the City Council and that he and his wife, Dale, plan to travel. Mr. Randy Byers, Director of Public Works and Development, addressed the Council regarding comments made earlier in the meeting regarding the site plan review process. Mr. Byers stated that it is the intent of the Development Review Committee (DRC) to ensure that applications are as technically correct as possible prior to their presentation to the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council. Mr. Byers clarified dates of application for Specific Use Permit 94- 21-SUP and the dates the DRC reviewed the application and forwarded comments to the developer. ITEM NO. 16: ADJOURN Mayor Saleh adjourned the meeting at 9:20 p.m. +f.. APPROVED: Mary Lib leh, Mayor ATTEST: di / usan Crim, MC, City Secretary wpwin\minutes\4-25-95.min �Ir.